Juvenile offenders languishing in NC prisons as adults have little hope for parole despite a mandate from the court system to ...

Lawmakers and educators hope a $9 million summer program will help students across Western NC better cope with Helene ...

As artificial intelligence moves into the private sector, public officials like NC Treasurer Brad Briner are exploring ways ...

While problematic, evictions aren't as high as many feared — one of the few good signs in Western NC, which has yet to ...

Washington Regional Medical Center in rural Plymouth is a lifeline in a barren health landscape. But financial problems could threaten that.

The 439-page budget proposal is the first major step in a months-long spending negotiation with the NC House, which will ...

Challenged voter analysis shows flipping outcome unlikely under current rules, but Griffin-Riggs battle about more than ...

Since 2016, the GOP has tried 6 times in court to take elections appointments from Democrats. Question now may come down to ...

Federally qualified community health centers, including 39 in North Carolina, were designed with low-income, rural residents in mind.

As wildfires become more common and catastrophic, the shortage of trained personnel across the state makes communities vulnerable.

Military and overseas absentee voters from four Democratic-leaning counties will now have 30 days to prove their eligibility or be dropped from the count in a key 2024 judicial race that remains ...

Lynn Berry-Bernstein knows what builds electoral trust — and it’s not President Donald Trump’s recent executive order on elections. Berry-Bernstein, the founder of Transparent Elections NC, used to ...